Clementine:
"Did you guys check the area?" Haiden asked after running around the mall, up and down.
"No, we only checked the ground floor," Troy said, twirling his finger in a circle.
"I don't think we can stay here for too long. This place is way too open," Yorick suggested.
"Look what I found," Ian said in his usual cheery, cocky voice. He walked in with a trolley full of food items.
"They're all expired goods, Ian. You wasted your time," I said tiredly.
"Nope, they're not." The way he said it made me freeze for a second.
When Haiden, Troy, and Yorick rushed toward him to check the boxes, I snapped back to reality. I hurried over and watched their faces before picking up one of the cans myself.
"Wait, how is this possible?" I asked, checking the other boxes. One after another, I saw expiration dates marked 2027, 2028. But the manufacturing dates were recent. It made no sense.
